Improved mode of secursng grain in bundles or sheaves



hook isthrust through or into the web, to

a two-pronged hook, vor forked hook, and a rope *composed-of a rope or cord, with a forked g hook at' one of its ends, and a knot or series UNITED fris'r ferries.

J. P. MANNY, on Rockman, ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. fdhib, dated duly 6, 1858.

To allgvhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PL l"tl\1\l\1r,of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois,have invented 'a new and usefui Mede of Automatically Binding or' Securing Grain in Bundles or Sheaves; and I do, hereby declare the followingto ce a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ef this specication, in which- Figure 1 represents the fork or restin which the hook at one end of the band-is placed.v Fig. 2 represents the hook, with' a portion of the cord which forms the band attached to it. Fig. 3 represents a section through the forked' rest and hook when placed together, and showing the position of the rope or cord and its connection to the hook at both of its ends. Fig. i represents the band as it appears when inclosing the bundle or sheaf of grain. Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the several figures, denote like parts of the'band and contrivance for fastening it in all of them.

-In an application for a patent which bears even date with this application, and towhieh special reference is herein m-ade, I have rep resented and described a broad web, with a single hook, for a band to securev the bundles, and have also shown the manner in which that fastening is pnt on,.in .which case the form the fastening. In .this application I use or cord with knots in it, which makes a more simple, durable, and cheaper band, as it can be used over and over again without wearing out. v Y

My inventionconsists in the use of a band,

of knots, or their equivalents, at its other end, when said band is used for the purpose herein named.

To enable others skilled in the art-to make and use my invention# will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawlngs.

A represents a rope or cord, of sufficient length to pass around van ordinary bundle o r sheaf of grain, with an additional length (for convenience) to allow the end to be caught,

held, or drawn up tight. On one end of this rope or cord there is a metallic hook, B, of

the form shown at Figs. 2 and 4.-, it having two'jaws or forks, a a, andv at or near the other rection of the arrow 5, but which, when drawn vin the contrary direction, as shown by the arrow'6. will drop between the forks of the hook and be firmly held there -by the expansion of 'the Vgavel or bundle of grain which it surrounds, and thus forming a strongv fastening. l

When this band is used on my' machine instead of the web-and-hook band, the knotted end of theband is heldby a contrivance substituted for that shown for using the webband, and the. hook is laid' by the attendant into the forks b b of the bent lever or arm C, as shown in Fig. 3 ofthe accompanying draw# ings, said .bent lever G being cut under at c to allow for the knot 2 (or any other one of the i series) to slip under the' fork-s or jaws a a of the hook B.

vThe bent'lever C may be operated in the same manner as the lever is that carries the web-band in the before-described application. By slipping the hook past 'the knobs until the bundleis tightly bound, and then, by letting go,.the expansion of the grain draws the knot tight under the jaws e a, as seen at Figs. 3,v 4, which completes the operation.

`I do not conneinyself to any special machinery for passing this band around .the bundle of grain, as that maybe done in a va.- riety of ways.

My invention consists in the use of a short 4band (each baud of suitable length for a single bundle) laid in its proper place by hand, but automatically passed around the bundle and fastened or tied by theexpansion of the bundles when released.

l believe I am the first to cause the expansion of the clasped-up bundle to form the tie, fastening, or knot between the ends of a bond, and to hold said ends tightly. And I further believe that I am the first to automatically bind Agrain withshort bands, or bands cut in suitable lengths for each separate bundle, and placed in proper position by hand,

and which fox-n1 their own' fastening by the expansion of the galvel'when released. And I shall: therefore construe my oleim broadly to such erbandyjforthe4 purpose specified, whatever, Ineyfbel, the means. of passing it aroundithe bundle and fastening it, so long as Vit is 'done entomatioally and fastens itself vin the manner set forth.

Having thus fully. described the nature of my'invention 'in seclring grain in bundles, what Iielaim therein als new,'a.nd desire to seeurebyfLetters Patent. s-

The use of a short band, cut in suitable lengths for separate bundles, placed in proper position by hand, and automatically passed around the'bnndle and fastened by the expan sion of the bundle when released, substantally in the manner set forth.

JOHN r. MANNY.

Witnesses:

A. B. STOUGHTQN, Taos. H. UPPEBMAN. 

